m tremendously excited. All my life I've wanted to do
mysterious things. I've been with the audience all the while, and I want
to be with the actors."

"You'll give some man a wild dance."

"If I do I'll dance with him. Now lead me to the cookies."

She was the life of the tea table. Her wit, her effervescence, her
whimsicalities amused even the prim Miss Frances. When she recounted
the exploit of the camouflaged fan, Cutty and Harrison laughed so loudly
that the nurse had to put her linger on her lips. They might wake the
patient.

"I am really interested in him," went on Kitty. "I won't deny it. I want
to see how it's going to turn out. He was very nice after I let him into
the kitchen. A perfectly English manner and voice, and Italian gestures
when off his guard. I feel so sorry for him. What strangers we races are
to each other! Until the war we hardly knew the Canadians. The British
didn't know us at all, and the French became acquainted with the British
for the first time in history. And the German thought he knew us all
and really knew nobody. All the Russians I ever saw were peasants of
the cattle type; so that the word Russian conjures up two pictures--the
grand duke at Monte Carlo and a race of men who wear long beards and
never bathe except when it rains. Think of it! For the first time since
God set mankind on earth peoples are becoming acquainted. I never saw a
Russian of this type before.".

"A leaf in the whirlpool.--Anyhow, we'll keep him here until he's on his
feet. By the way, never answer any telephone call--I mean, go anywhere
on a call--unless you are sure of the speaker."

"I begin to feel important."

"You are important. You have suddenly become a connecting link between
this Karlov and the man we wish to protect. I'll confess I wanted you
out of that apartment at first; but when I saw that you were bent on
remaining, I decided to make use of you."

"You are going to give me a part in the play?"

"Yes. You are to go about your affairs as always, just as if nothing had
happened. Only when you wish to come here will you play any game like
that of to-day. Then it will be advisable. Switch your route each time.
Your real part is to be that of lure. Through you we shall gradually
learn who Karlov's associates are. If you don't care to play the role
all you have to do is to move."

"The idea! I'm grateful for anything. You men will never understand.
You go forth into the world each day--poli